Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Princeton’s Trinity Church to mark 175th anniversary

    Princeton’s Trinity Church to mark 175th anniversary

       Trinity Church in Princeton will ring its carillon bells 175 times to mark each year of its existence, in celebration of its 175th anniversary on Sunday, May 11.    Trinity will host a special service at 10 a.m., with a sermon by Princeton University Episcopal Chaplain Steve White, followed by a lunch on the front lawn…

  • Former PU freshman faces charges in alleged kidnapping

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    A former Princeton University freshman has been charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, endangerment of an injured victim and two counts of making terroristic threats following complaints made to borough police by two students at the university.    The accused, Malik Little, 19, is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, May 2

    Princeton Borough    Following a motor vehicle stop on Spring Street at 12:07 a.m. Monday, Francis Hetmanek, 25, of Highland Park was arrested on an active warrant for contempt from North Brunswick Municipal Court. The accused was transported to borough headquarters, processed and released on a $250 cash bail.    Following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau…

  • Preparation work begins for Grovers Mill Pond dredging

    Preparation work begins for Grovers Mill Pond dredging

    The spillway at Grovers Mill Pond Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Historical Society of Princeton gets stream waiver

    By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday night unanimously granted a waiver to the Historical Society of Princeton for the encroachment of a stream corridor that the Historical Society needed to implement its minor site plan for its Updike Farm facility on Quaker Road.    The Princeton Township Historic…

  • Time for an accounting of borough’s Nassau HKT project?

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Is it time for a public accounting of the current status of negotiations between Princeton Borough and developer Nassau HKT over Phase 2 of the Tulane Street construction project?    At least one borough resident believes it is, and has urged the Borough Council to supply numbers and an update on…

  • Preparation work begins for Grovers Mill Pond dredging

    Preparation work begins for Grovers Mill Pond dredging

    Grovers Mill Pond as seen from the dock in Van Nest Park. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Journalists of note talk baseball at university

    By David Walter, Special Writer    Through the good times and the bad — and there have been plenty of both — baseball has held a favored position in the hearts of American writers. Three prominent journalists came to Princeton University Wednesday afternoon to explain why.    ”No sport has captured the American writer’s imagination as much…

  • jaZams toy store crosses the street in Princeton

    jaZams toy store crosses the street in Princeton

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    This summer jaZams will have a new face on Palmer Square, and owner Joanne Farrugia will again be a familiar face at the downtown Princeton toy store.    Since the birth of her son, Felix, 13 months ago, Ms. Farrugia said she has had to work mostly out of jaZams’ Pennington…